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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gambusia affinis
 
Main Ref. Mansfield, S. and B.H. Mcardle, 1998
Fish stage adults Mean length 2.50 SL
Sample size Percent empty
Country New Zealand Locality Waikato region, December 1994-September 1995
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Gambusia affinis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
2.60 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Gambusia Gambusia
26.70 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults cladocerans
13.30 % zoobenthos insects insects n.a./others Microvelia 8.3% Chironomidae, 2.5% Microvelia, 1.7% Culicidae, 0.8% Sigara
10.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Tenagomysis Tenagomysis
5.00 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults Acarina Acarina
16.70 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults other benth. Invertebrates terrestrial fauna
2.50 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults mollusks
4.10 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults aquatic fauna unid. aquatic fauna
5.80 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Rotifera Rotifera
13.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults plank. copepods
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